1. Topographic Maps and Satellite Views Word Wall
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2. Hachure Marks
a short lines used for shading and denoting surfaces in relief (depression) and drawn in the direction of slope.

3. Topographic Map A map showing changes in elevation of Earth’s surface
contour line
A map showing changes in elevation of Earth’s surface
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4. Elevation
Indicates the height to which something is relative to sea level
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5. Satellites
An object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor for various purposes including the ability to obtain aerial images of land features
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6. Erosional Features
Earth’s surface that shows evidence of the natural processes of weathering and the removal and relocation of weathered materials
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7. Weathering
The mechanical or chemical processes that break rock into smaller pieces
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8. deposited by wind, water, ice, and gravity
Sediment Deposition
Solid fragments of material that come from the weathering of rock, are eroded then
deposited by wind, water, ice, and gravity
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9. Satellite Views
Images taken over time that can be used for comparison and interpretation of erosional features such as these taken of the Yellow River Delta
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10. A line on a topographic map that joins points of equal elevation
Contour Lines
A line on a topographic map that joins points of equal elevation

11. The difference in elevation represented by the space between two contour lines on a topographic map.
Contour Intervals